The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-11-10

fahlelnnd. nj the intersection of the road
which crosses the one we are travelling, where
there are some famous healing springs also.
Rain at o'clock 'Tis falling in torrents,
and the water is rushing down the road fet-
lock-decp to the horses Ten o'clock, and
raining still harder.
Eleven o'clock and word comes along the
line Get ready to charge with saberS."
Charge! Charge what, and al this midnight
hourf Up. up, we have come, miles high II
seems, and what are We to find up hereE
'Tis raining so hard that the water makes II
appear lighter. There is an opening IN the
woods and wall on our right.
Pop. pop, popy-te-pop, boom, boom, sh--,
and what sounds like the loose cylinder oi a
crazy th1ashng-machine goes through the
air over our heads.
Thunder! Heavens! The Devil! Are there
rebe up there? Two cannon were fired at
ms 100 feet above our level, but the descent
il so great they could not depress their guns
sufficiently aud their charges screech over
our heads.
"capt. Magofin, take your squadron,
charge up that by-road and bring back
those guns. Capt Gray, follow me with Co.
A; we'll charge straight ahead, cut the col
umn and turn the train 10 the east.
DRAW sABER!"
Col. Algers voice indicates the color OF his
desire. We know the Cavalry Corps is with
us-Custer and Fitzpatrick are with us, but
not ahead Of MS.
Magofins squadron finds steep work; the
rebs are well posted, and 200 feet brings Co.'S
Elk, q and B Of the 9th into boiling pot
of hell, and death is ahead. Hand TO hand,
with revolvers for clubs, everything and
anything; sabers make no noise, but cause
grOans.
Spencer carbines, using waterproof amInu.
milton soon tell the tale; many prisoners
are taken, and the guns are lost Col. Alger,
with Capt. Gray and Co. A. strikes the very
center OF Longstreet's Corps.
Fight, fight, fight; the Tebs are demoral-
lied. The lst 9th and 9TH Mich. are push
ing their enthusiasm into shape by crOwding
us, in and through the column; the Cavalry
Corps II hilarious, and the Michigan Brigade
is crunching the bones of the rebellion.
Pennington comes swinging up with his pet
Battery n and unlimbers working right
and left. We are in
TIE MIDST OF LEES RETREATING ARMY,
and one column has its base sapped, while their
Generalization tends 10 strengthen our success.
Prisoners aud trains are turned in the direction
indicated bv the Yankee troops Buford, Mer-
are all chewing the sweet cud of brilliant
victory.
Daylight finds Us at little village known as
''Cash Town but which should be Cave Town.
This is q village in ayalley, nesting at the base
OF five long hills, aud five roads intersect there
Our prisoners are counted up aud we find j ,s63
prisoners FOR our work of July 4, ls63-a man
for each year: queer coincidence
The rebel stampede can be illustrated by one
incident OF many. Col. Alger, with couple
Of Pontiac loys charged a side ravine, and the
live ones lefi after their interview counted up
23 crest-fallen. grizzly rebs.
THE TRAIN WE had CAPTURED
was 90 great that orders were given TO burn IL
but everything was so wet that axes were used
and the snokes of the wheels cut which was az
good. Orders We're given 70 confscate rationi
and horses IL sorviceable and Lieut. Starkey
OF Co. II, now OF Detroit, Mich., sent his darly
% get WHIST lIis mess most needed, aud plenty o
it This darsy returned with his arms full O